Scraper



Patented Sept. 27, 1927.

narran stares SYLVESTER P. FROST, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

SCRAPER.

Application mea october 28, 1926. serial No. 144,750.

The invention relates to improvements in scrapers, such as those which may be` conveniently used when washing dishes, pots, pans and other utensils, when painting objects, requiring slight scraping at numerous points, when cleaning windows upon which dry putty and paint spots exist, etc.

It is one object of the invention to provide a scraper of novel form which is carried by a ring, said ring being adapted to surround the users thumb, the scraping blade being provided with a thumb-receiving channel and having scraping edges which project laterally from said channel.

Another object is to make unique provision for forming the scraping blade and ring from a single metal blank.

A still further aim is to provide a unique form of expansible and contractible ring including a projecting portion which may be held by the forefinger, when comparatively heavy work is to be done.

lVith the foregoing in view, the vinvent-ion resides in the novel subject matter vhereinafter described land claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Fig. l is a perspective viewof a scraper constructed in accordance with the inv-ention.

Fig. is a longitudinal sectional view as indicated by line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section online 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4L is a plan view ofthemetal blanky from which the deviceisformed. j

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral designates a ring to surround the users thumb and G denotes a scraping blade secured to and projecting forwardly from said ring. rIhis'blade is elongated in a forward to rearward direction and is formed with a longitudinal thumb-receiving channel 7 along its central portion, while the longitudinal edge portions 8 of said blade project laterally beyond said channel to provide :'jicrapers. These edges and the front end of the blade 6 are all preferably curved convexedly.v

In the preferred manner of constructing the device, I make use of the metal blank shaped as shown in Fig. 4. The shank portion S of this blank is bent to yform the blade 6 and the head portion H is curved to lprovide the ring 5. The edges of this ringforming head' are inwardly folded as at 9 and 9ai and as theinner end of the blade-y forming shank S is integral with the inwardly folded edge l9, it is again folded outwardly as seen in Fig. 3. A strong integral connection is thus yprovided between the blade and ring and the turned edges of the latter will be comfortable to the user. i

The end portions 11 and 12 of the head H are routwardly turned, the end l2 being longer than the end ll and bent into a loop, overlapping the shorter end. By this provision, the ring 5 may readily expand or contract vaccording to the size of the users thumb and if desired, the loop 13 may be either contracted or enlarged by bending, as Occasion may demand.

In using the device, it turnedto such a position as to permit it to slip easily onto the thumb, in which connection, attention is directed to the fact that the ring 5 is of slightly ovate form, and the normal thumb is more or less elliptical or oval in cross section. The ring having been placed upon the thumb in'this manner, it may be turned to position the :blade 6 in the most advanta-v geous manner. There is no danger of the ring dropping from the thumb and it insures that l l. A device of the class described comprising a ring having its front edge portion rearwardlyk folded uponitself, and a blade having its rear end integral withithe free edge of said folded edge portion and extend- -ing across the latter.

2. In a device of the class described, a ring formed fromV a single strip of metal having its end portions outwardly turned, one of said ends being longer than the other end and bent to form a loop and having its end overlapping the shorter end.

3. A scraper comprising a blade and -a ring carrying the same, said ring lbeing adapted -to surround the lusers thumb and having an outward projectionon its periphery around Whieli'to engage the 'forelin'gei" to ed upon themselves and a blade extending brace the thumb and assist in holding the Cross the inner face of the inwardly folded ring and blade rigidly. frontedge portion. 10 4l. A scraper formed from `a` `sinzgle'metztl i In testimony whereof I have hereunto afy 5 blank and comprising ahead in the form lixed my signature.

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